Museo Etnografico Siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè
The Museo Etnografico Siciliano Giuseppe Pitrè in Palermo is the largest folklore museum in Sicily. It was established in 1909 by the ethnographer Giuseppe Pitrè , who came from Palermo, and today bears his name in his honor. The current closure will last at least until 2018.
The museum and its collections
The museum is located in the Parco della Favorita , a large public park north of the city at the foot of Monte Pellegrino , in the building of the Casina Cinese, an annex of the Palazzina Cinese . The extensive collection documents everyday life and customs in Sicily with over 4000 exhibits.
The exhibits include old handicraft tools, ceramic goods, traditional costumes and nativity figurines. Particularly worth seeing are the hand-made puppets from the Sicilian marionette theater , which is still popular today, and the lavishly painted Sicilian carts that dominated rural streets until the 1950s.
The museum's library, with over 30,000 volumes, also houses Pitrès' main work, the 25-volume library of Sicilian folk customs.
The Premio Pitrè
The Pitrè Prize ( Premio Pitrè ) awarded by the Centro internazionale di Etnostoria in Palermo in collaboration with the museum is named after Giuseppe Pitrè , one of the world's most renowned awards for ethnologists.
Web links
- Official website of the museum (Italian), in 2009 still with the entry price in Lire ( memento of October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Information about the museum on musei.it
- Information about the museum on Balarm.it
- Information about the museum on arte.it
Individual evidence
- ^ Nicola Stanzione: Museo Etnografico Siciliano “Giuseppe Pitrè” , accessed July 17, 2018
- ^ Premio Pitrè - Sigillo d'Oro
Coordinates: 38 ° 10 ′ 0.6 ″ N , 13 ° 19 ′ 49.4 ″ E